<div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The key will be understanding the exact requirements for each workshop and making sure they are clearly conveyed to the attendee.</div></div><div dir="auto">I have run workshops in both formats, computer lab and byo laptop, and provided software/data on USB and via dropbox, its rarely problem free. </div><div dir="auto">We can take action like making sure there is extra time built in to the schedule to ensure people are set up and have volunteers available to problem shoot but having experienced trainers/presenters will be a big advantage.</div><div dir="auto">We want to make sure people have a good experience at the workshops, so I am happy to work through all these practical issues with the presenters when we get to that point. </div><div dir="auto">Trish</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 at 10:08 pm, Martin Tomko <<a href="mailto:tomkom@unimelb.edu.au">tomkom@unimelb.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Uni network is very fast and great capacity ( we are on something significantly larger than any NBN you can imagine too (<a href="https://www.aarnet.edu.au/" target="_blank">https://www.aarnet.edu.au/</a>), and many OS proxies in Australia are hosted at the uni – ie, CRAN for
R has a uni mirror). This will be the low period, no students. Honestly, a few hundred people is nothing for the network. But good point – we will need to source guest access for the event.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">USBs are a think of the past ( I need USB-C for my device now). Too much effort I would say, and waste of resources. A link would do.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cameron – re MAC – point fully understood. What I mean is a fictitious example of a workshop where someone wants to cover a specific tool ecosystem that REQUIRES Mac.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">FOSS4G-Oceania <<a href="mailto:foss4g-oceania-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">foss4g-oceania-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>> on behalf of John Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 22 June 2018 at 2:33 pm<br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] FOSS4G Workshops and OSGeo-Live<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good point re: networks. I understand the uni wifi is very good, but it would be good to get confirmation that it happily handles significant load and concurrency.
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<p class="MsoNormal">It would probably be wise to have pre loaded USBs handy on the workshop day, is this something the OSGeo-LIVE provides, perchance?<u></u><u></u></p>
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